World Music Literature

Brief Guide to Music From East to West

Peter Kun Frary

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Preliminaries

1 | Contents

2 | Preface

3 | Listening Skills

4 | About the Author

5 | Study Questions

6 | Glossary of Musical Terms

Musical Elements

1 | Musical Sounds

2 | Human Voice

3 | String Instruments

4 | Keyboard and Electronic Instruments

5 | Wind Instruments

6 | Percussion

7 | Beat, Meter and Rhythm

8 | Ancient and Non-Western Music Notation

9 | Western Music Notation

10 | Melody

11 | Harmony

12 | Texture and Form

Music In The Post-Classical World (Middle Ages)

1 | The Middle Ages

2 | Roman Catholic Church

3 | Gregorian Chant

4 | Gagaku: Japanese Imperial Court Music (雅楽)

5 | French Secular Music: Troubadours and Trouvères

6 | The Ars Nova in 14th Century France

Music In The Age of Discovery (Renaissance)

1 | Rebirth and Exploration

2 | Renaissance Style

3 | Sacred Vocal Polyphony

4 | English Secular Vocal Music

5 | English Lute and Ensemble Music

6 | Chinese Lute: Pipa (琵琶) and Beyond

7 | Middle Eastern (Arabic) Oud (عود)

Music In The Baroque Era

1 | Social and Cultural Influences

2 | Baroque Style

3 | Antonio Vivaldi

4 | Johann Sebastian Bach

5 | George Frideric Handel

6 | Classical Hindustani Music of India

Music In The Age of Enlightenment (Classical)

1 | Social and Cultural Influences

2 | Classical Style

3 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4 | The Concerto

5 | Joseph Haydn

6 | Ludwig Van Beethoven

7 | West Africa: The Kora

8 | Korea: The Gayageum (가야금)

Music In The Nineteenth Century (Romantic)

1 | Romanticism and Beyond

2 | Romantic Style

3 | Art Song and Schubert

4 | Piano Solo: Franz Liszt and Fréderic Chopin

5 | American Ragtime

6 | Indonesian Gamelan

7 | Spanish Flamenco and Nationalism

8 | Idealists and Absolute Music

Music In The Twentieth Century (Modern)

1 | Music and Technology

2 | French Impressionism

3 | United States: Dawn of Blues and Jazz

4 | United States: Charles Ives

5 | United States: George Gershwin

6 | Hawaii: Slack-Key Guitar

7 | Hawaii: Birth of the Ukulele

8 | Epilogue

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